India Haber, Participant

Tashi Dalek, Julley, and Namaste, I find it difficult to put my experience in India into words because, to an extent, I don’t exactly know how. These past six weeks have been so deeply personal, I don’t think I fully understand the......Read More

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08/10/18

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India Haber

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Saurabh And Dream Team, Participant

Namastey Family And Friends North Indian Six students through to security and they’re off! The students and Laura ji made it safely through security and are on their way back home and Joelle flight at 1:30 am after one and half hour group left......Read More

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08/7/18

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Saurabh And Dream Team

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Carin, Dragons Admin

Dear Families & Friends, It is hard to believe that almost six weeks have passed since your student embarked on this incredible adventure! It won’t be long until students will be boarding their planes back home. We are sure you are anxiously......Read More

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08/7/18

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Carin

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Laura Chase, Instructor

Jullay! After a beautiful and successful ten days exploring the valleys and mountain passes in Ladakh, the group has safely arrived in Leh! We have been recuperating with warm showers and pizza, reflecting fondly on our amazing trek and rural......Read More

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08/2/18

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Laura Chase

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Lane Henry, Participant

Moments with Homestay Grandma Momola! From the moment we met, I knew we would be best friends. Momola wore traditional Tibetan dress every day and had beautiful blue eyes. She would always greet me, in a heavy Tibetan accent, with “good......Read More

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Saurabh Pandey & Dream Team, Instructor

Namastey and Julley Family and Friends, The North India group is happy and healthy as we set out for our big Himalayan trek today. We are going to have very limited internet access and likely won’t be able post yaks while we are on trek, but......Read More

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07/21/18

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Saurabh Pandey & Dream Team

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Brandon Pavlicek, Participant

This is my first Yak post so far this trip, and after over three weeks of living in India it’s not unreasonable for me to have quite a bit to say. With this in mind I’ve chosen to make this post about a dog. Over the past few days we’ve been......Read More

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07/21/18

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Brandon Pavlicek

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Joelle Reisner, Participant

July 17, 2018 Today the group traveled by plane from Delhi to Leh in Ladakh. We all had a wake up time at 4:00 am to be at the airport by 7:00am for our flight. By the time we had all checked in our bags and gone through security we were all......Read More

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07/21/18

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Joelle Reisner

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Instructor Team, Instructor

Namastey families and friends, We write from the Delhi airport, where students are all checked-in and right now we are sitting in flight to Leh, Ladakh. We couldn’t be more thrilled to transition from the verdant foothills to the high Himalayas of......Read More

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07/17/18

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Instructor Team

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Priya Subberwal, Participant

Sometimes, travel can be overwhelming. The constant hustle and bustle, the weight of a heavy pack, blisters on your feet, and a powerful need to shower can bring out the pessimist in even the most experienced globetrotter. In India, a country pushed......Read More

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07/16/18

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Priya Subberwal

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Saurabh Pandey And Dream Team, Participant

We are always blessed to have such beautiful community on this trip of dragons, and they are our homestay family heroes. They strengthen our relationship towards our job – what we do and why we do it. Because they open their doors for our students......Read More

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07/16/18

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Saurabh Pandey And Dream Team

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Joelle Reisner, Participant

The group arrived in Dharamshala for a week of homestays. On the day we arrived my host mother took me and Brandon, another Dragons student, to a local waterfall. It was amazing to see the big waterfall. I love Dharamshala. My host mother makes the......Read More

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07/13/18

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Joelle Reisner

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India Haber, Participant

Walking into the common room of the hotel, I felt an overwhelming mixture of excitement, curiosity, and nervousness. In just a few minutes we would be saying goodbye to the group and the instructors we had come to know so well, and say hello to our......Read More

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07/11/18

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India Haber

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Maria Luiza, Participant

After 3 days of workshop in Deer Park in a little town called Bir, I finally feel like sharing my thoughts on what we have learned. Ashish, the facilitator, came up with two simulations to get us thinking about what it’s like to live in a......Read More

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07/10/18

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Maria Luiza

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Saurabh And Dream Team, Participant

All nature has a feeling: woods, fields, brooks Are life eternal: and in silence they Speak happiness beyond the reach of books; There’s nothing mortal in them; their decay Is the green life of change; to pass away And come again in blooms......Read More